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Borderlands 2 Is Officially a Thing

Gearbox's action RPG sequel gets this month's Game Informer cover, will be at PAX Prime and Gamescom.

Guess what, guys? There's going to be a second Borderlands game.

2K officially announced today that the sequel to Gearbox's breakout action role-playing shooter is very much in development, and will be headed to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in fiscal 2012 (translation: sometime after April next year).

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In addition to the basic announcement, Game Informer revealed Borderlands 2 as its September cover exclusive, dropping a few details on what we can expect from the sequel.

Don’t expect just a couple bazillion more guns this time around. Gearbox is introducing new and more diverse environments, smarter and more powerful enemies, and an improved mission system capable of delivering a better story.

Borderlands 2 will get its official live debut to the world later this month at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, and will also make its way to PAX Prime this year. Anyone heading to either of those shows that feels like letting out a big, honking squee of excitement right now will be forgiven for doing so. Just, you know...clean up your mess afterward, okay?

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borderlands was boring, hope they make it more engaging for solo players.

Duder no offense but Playing Boderlands solo is like . . . Well its just a bad idea!
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@Laketown said:

borderlands was boring, hope they make it more engaging for solo players.

I must have played the game wrong, because I thought it was one of the best single-player FPSes I've ever seen.

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I'm going to Gamescom, baby!

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Borderlands was not boring, hope they make more amazing than it was last time for solo players. 

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Amen.

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bring it!

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Great news, excited as hell.

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God, I can't wait. I own Borderlands and the DLC for both 360 and PC and I still feel like I need more. So this is awesome.

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@Laketown said:

borderlands was boring, hope they make it more engaging for solo players.

My sentiments exactly.
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About time! I love Borderlands.

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Oh man! OH MAN! This is up there with some of the best news ever.

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Did I dream I read about Borderlands 2 being real? I swear I read an article about it last night. Trippy man.

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borderlands was boring, hope they make it more engaging for solo players.

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Guess what, guys? There's going to be a second Borderlands game.

2K officially announced today that the sequel to Gearbox's breakout action role-playing shooter is very much in development, and will be headed to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in fiscal 2012 (translation: sometime after April next year).

No Caption Provided

In addition to the basic announcement, Game Informer revealed Borderlands 2 as its September cover exclusive, dropping a few details on what we can expect from the sequel.

Don’t expect just a couple bazillion more guns this time around. Gearbox is introducing new and more diverse environments, smarter and more powerful enemies, and an improved mission system capable of delivering a better story.

Borderlands 2 will get its official live debut to the world later this month at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, and will also make its way to PAX Prime this year. Anyone heading to either of those shows that feels like letting out a big, honking squee of excitement right now will be forgiven for doing so. Just, you know...clean up your mess afterward, okay?